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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Good Bye Oklahoma!! Hello New Mexico!!
We left Oklahoma at “noonish” today. What is noonish? It is anywhere between 1200 and 1300 (1pm). We left Ponca City at 1255pm, so I consider that noonish, don’t you?
We avoided I-40 in Oklahoma, but the road we chose instead, we think, was just as rough! Go figure! However, once we crossed into Texas, things smoothed out and so did the land. Some say Texas is boring due to the flat landscape. I beg to differ. Sure there’s sage brush and barely there hills, but it’s beautiful. You can see for miles and miles! We saw roughly three or four trains while rolling along I-40 and a couple of wind farms. I do like how Texas places the population of their towns right on the sign. We went through one that said, “Population 452,” then another said, “Population 17455.” Isn’t that nice to know?!
We crossed into New Mexico at 745pm Mountain Time Zone. The land is still flat as a pancake, but the skies were absolutely gorgeous! I had Mick literally pull off on the side of I-40 so I could snap pictures of the beautiful sunset. Then as the sun was going down, I made him hold my hand and give me a kiss…how romantic is that?!? The things you do to keep romance in your marriage…watch a sunset from the side of the road. Fantastic! And it really was!
We’ll be stopping in Santa Rosa, New Mexico for the night…probably at a truck stop or a Wal-Mart. Tomorrow we’ll get up bright and early and arrive at the Grand Canyon! I can’t wait. It is one place I’ve wanted to see my entire life…however, I am only 29 years old…sooo…So goodnight for now! We’ll see what tomorrow may bring!
